An Eye-catching Art Deco Celluloid Geisha Pill Box

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An Eye-catching Art Deco Celluloid Geisha Pill BoxOrigin: English Period: Art Deco Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1925 30 Height: 1. 5 inches Diameter: 1. 75 inches The delicately proportioned celluloid, fashioned in dramatic ebony black with screw top lid, depicting a Japanese Geisha in Art Deco style, opening to reveal an ivory coloured interior. The contrasting ebony and ivory is wonderfully appealing and the stylised geisha girl is beautifully realised, the ruby red of the kimono giving her real

With a smidgeon of effort

it enters into us like breath into our lungs

perhaps simpler example

by a top maker

emanating a story told from amongst ghostly wreckage in the mighty deep

being an amphibian that transforms

constructed from several pieces of olivewood

but with a gentle aged look

though limited

the Life and the Truth

The expertly rendered shadows in the folds of the coat create a lovely contrast and fullness

painted with polychrome highlights on a burnished gold ground with carousel seat saddle and gold star motifs